When you get home it's late. You just wandered around aimlessly for a while. You would have gone to see Rufioh but you know for a fact he was doing something with Tavros that day, ie, he was busy.
So you just wander around and look at trees and ponds and other lovely things and then you go home. You don't want to but you don't see what else you can do.
When you get in, you just go straight up to your room. You don't want to talk to anyone today and you have a feeling you're going to feel like that for a while. Of course, more tension with your family is just what you need. Even if you're not angry any more, you know that both your father and brother are very resistant to forgetting wrongdoings. You suppose it's a family trait.
"Horuss."
"Equius." You don't even turn around.
"...You should apologise."
"I don't see why."
Equius makes some kind of displeased clicking sound with his tongue. "Because of your use of lude, disrespectful language. Not to mention your whole attitude in general."
You do turn around this time. Wow, you're pissed. "I had every right to object. He is my matesprit."
"We said nothing wrong."
"You were being-"
"Nothing that wasn't truthful."
You don't even bother with that. You just shoot him a glare that's probably lost behind your goggles and storm back to your room.
"You're better than him!" He shouts at your back. You ignore him.
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So the next day you spend loitering around in your bedroom because you're not sure what else to do. In the end you just go down to your mini lab and start building some sort of robot out of sheer frustration. Before long, though, you hear your telecommunication device make a noise.
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GA: Ho+russ.
CT: 8=D Oh, hello Porrim.
GA: Do+ yo+u wish to+ be entertained?
CT: 8=D Fire away.
GA: Kankri has himself a matesprit.
CT:...
...what.
CT: 8=D ...what.
GA: Can yo+u no+t read?
CT: 8=D I read perfectly well, thank you.
CT: 8=D I suppose I didn't see it coming.
GA: I do+n't think anyo+ne did.
GA: By the way, ho+w is the...situatio+n go+ing?
CT: 8=D As well as expected.
CT: 8=D My mane concern is that they might stop me from seeing him.
CT: 8=D I do hope it doesn't come to that, but I am sure they would resnort to such means if they considered it neighcessary.
GA:...
GA: Tho+se puns are frightful.
CT: 8=D Quiet, you.
CT: 8=D They are part of my soul.
GA: Yessir.
GA: Insert suitably sarcastic salute.
GA: #alliteratio+n #go+tta lo+ve it
CT: 8=D A reasonable level of laughter goes here.
GA: Oh dear. My mo+ther is baking. It appears I have to+ depart.
GA: When yo+u lie awake at night, remember Kankri and Cro+nus may well have do+ne the frick.
GA: To+ use the latter's termino+lo+gy.
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...On the other hand, you're not all that suprised. It was bound to happen.
Porrim's right when she said you would think it over. You do. A lot.
You sort of wish you still had that thrill in your quadrants yourself.
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"Horuss."
"Meulin."
"Appurrently Kankri was talking to Porrim yesterday."
"...proceed?"
"You two were having some sort of feelings jam."
You freeze.
"...Um. No." You're terrible at lying. It's one of the unique and awful things about you. "We...really weren't."
She narrows her eyes. "That's what he said."
"Well...he was lying. Why would I? I have a meowrail."
She gives you a smile, and smooches your cheek. "Pail fur you."
You say you reciprocate but you don't mean it.